Ottawa got a glimpse of the troublesome future it’s heading towards when Washington and Beijing both decided this week to indulge in a bit of Canada bashing.
On the one hand we had Joe Biden, presumed Democratic presidential nominee, declaring that he’d trash the Keystone XL pipeline project should he win the U.S. election in November.
On the other we had another in the apparently bottomless supply of blustering Chinese frontmen delivering one of the fierce scoldings for which the communist government has become renowned. Foreign Minister François-Philippe Champagne was denounced for “gross interference in China’s internal affairs” after tepidly revealing Ottawa is “concerned” over arrests in Hong Kong. Alberta Premier Jason Kenney then earned his own verbal assault for questioning China’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, and criticizing the arrest of Martin Lee, a long-time pro-democracy campaigner.
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